Life in Kyoto | The City Suspended in Time | Episode One 

Love the direction of this new series, can't wait for future episodes.

I rarely watch and comment on videos based on other people's lives, I prefer to live my own. But your journey to Kyoto and your love of bonsai are incredible things and witnessing them really gives me pleasure. Your family can be proud of the journey and the work done. Truly, congratulations.

You’re the man bro, we will miss you in the states!

It is extremely inspiring to watch this journey of yours. The lessons that lay within our chosen paths, passions and professions are worthless if we don’t apply them. The concept that growth is born of discomfort is a lesson that lives within bonsai and it is beautiful to see you live the lesson. Thank you for the inspiration.

Was very sad to see the previous video series about relocating was removed from your page! I watched it with my architect / sakura-loving girlfriend who was fascinated by the bid process and traditional approach. We were really looking forward to the next episode. Nice that you're continuing the story this way

I'm here for the journey with you.God Bless!

Love that vintage lens

Your channel is my favorite ever!!! It keep improving and been interesting! High quality of videos, content, explanation, congrats!!! Always waiting for the next video!!!❤❤❤

Thanks for sharing this piece of your daily life. I'm looking forward to seeing new episodes of your new life in Japan. My best wishes for you and your family.

You are and continue to be an inspiration to the artistry in our living art form. We look forward to your future videos showing us that one’s artistic dream doing bonsai can be both fulfilling and rewarding. Hoping all goes well and you and family prosper and continue to live your dreams.

I loved Kyoto! I was just there a couple of weeks ago. I loved it.

I love this videos. You make videos that look like poetry and they make me travel. Kyoto is very lovely place. Congratulations for making your projects come true.

Glad you and your family are doing well man. Looking forward to catching up with you in 2026 when I'm there for the 100th kokufu

I appreciate the steadfast confidence in your work and the temerity of your journey

I was told this was happening about a week ago. It shows that mass tourism isn’t always good for a community. I want to come back again. I feel all tourists should follow customs of the country they are in. Courtesy and politeness is the way to go. Respect is everything

Excited for you :)

I have no doubt in my mind that you will flourish in Kyoto Bjorn. Keep breaking boundaries man, your journey as a bonsai artist has been truly inspiring to see. Thank you for sharing this piece of your life with us all, I for one am grateful🙏🥂

My man rockin that Goodfellow AFB piece at 3:34.

Bjorn, may the seven gods of happiness shower blessings on you and your beautiful wife and daughter.

Really looking forward to watching and enjoying your journey . Kia ora ( best wishes ) from NZ

So much respect for you Bjorn following your heart and challenging yourself. Your daughter will speak English, Chinese and now Japanese.

That is a tiny bit different than Mount Juliet. :) I hope you and your family thrive there.

Great content!

Closing the circle for you and your family is really something special. I wish you all the best. Thank you for letting us be a part of it. It really is a unique story - well worth telling!

Fabulous Bjorn - I looked forward to seeing you again soon😊

Really wonderful having you for the bonsai on the bayou convention last week! Until next time my friend!

best of luck brother

Excellent color grading in this video. Fits the mood and story perfectly! As a long-time watcher, this series on your move has been very captivating and good.

Live ur dream brother

I wish you well Bjorn. You once had repeated to me, in several of your videos when you had arrived in Tennessee, a lesson I had learned in hula. That lesson that my kumu hula taught me was that, when performing your art, you should use what material you have at hand. It was in Michgan that I discovered you on RU-vid. You inspired me to try my hand at bonsai. There in Michigan I used the white pine, the tamarack, the balsam fir and the various spruces of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to make bonsai. Now I have moved back to Hawaiʻi where my interest in bonsai was established by the local Japanese influnce here. Here I can now use the Japanese Black Pine and various junipers and other conifers that thrive in Hawaiʻi's climate to make bonsai. I hope to watch your progress there in Kyoto. May the four guardians of that sacred city shower you with their benevolance. Aloha.

The production value of your videos has always been incredibly high - but this new "season" that is your return to Japan and the restart of something incredible and a surely challenging but hopefully even more rewarding new chapter of your life is just out of this world... I cant get my head around how you find the time to build a new home, tackle japanese paperwork, care for your family, build a new thriving business and just on a sidenote create these fantastic Videos that look like a AAA documentation... I thank you so much for sharing this incredible story that is your life and I wish you all the best - Hope to be able to visit your nursery next time I am in Japan 😉 And just by the way - thanks for also getting me "addicted" to bonsai a few years ago with your videos ❤

amazing story telling, these videos in the bonsai space are on another level

I couldn’t think of a better place than Kyoto to practice bonsai, maybe except for Omiya. The traditional feel of Kyoto will come thru in your creations. Please do some old ume bonsai. I think they’re the most beautiful when flowering to have the old craggily trucks with the dainty flowers. Excited to see what lays in store for you and your family.

Keep kicking ass Bjorn!

I enjoy following your journey. Good luck!

Looking forward to living vicariously through you in beautiful Kyoto, learning about bonsai along the way. Thank you for sharing.

Very impressive

I admire you for continuously stepping outside your comfort zone. I don't do it a easily. Starting my own business was enough of a challenge. :) I hope the bonsai gods are on your side Bjorn. I hope you and your family prosper in Japan!

Very excited for you in this new chapter. I saw your last video just before visiting Japan for the first time, and I must agree that Kyoto is the most beautiful place I can imagine. To anyone else thinking about visiting make sure to do lots of research and be as respectful of the culture as you can so you don’t end up like the some of the buffoons shown in the tv clips. To put it in context for Americans: where we value freedom over all else, Japanese people value respect, so its important to honor that, even more so than a local would

Hi Bjorn,thank you very much for sharing this very interesting video about your life in Japan. I think you made the right choise and even if becoming a great bonsai master in Japan is very difficult,especially for those who come from other cultures,i'm sure that you will succeed because you have a great talent in this magnificent art. I wish you and your family all the best! 💪🫶

I can’t wait to be there this month! Our first trip to Japan! As usual, excellent video and my wife, 7-year daughter and I look forward to visiting as many Bonsai garden as we can. Along with visits to the beautiful country places in Japan! Thank you!

All the best for you in this new journey. You are missed.

Always awesome to see you at what you love to do, you know that that love is what makes you successful and your integrity as well. We lost out here in the USA and they gained out in Japan.

Thanks for shearing bjoern

Be bold all in all you do. Bjorn, you are an inspiration. I wish you nothing but the best in life, I'm sure your journey will be difficult but with the skills you have mastered I'm sure you will succeed. Better to try and fail than to wonder what would have happened and regret not trying. I look forward to the updates and will be great to see the new bonsai garden when it's ready with some amazing specimen bonsai.

Wishing you all the best, looking forward to following your journey!

An amazing opportunity and I’m sure you’ll smash it out the park👊🏻

I missed your Japan vlogs.

All the best for your future in Japan. I absolutely admire your courage and commitment!

Best of luck to you. I look forward to your updates.

Thank you Bjorn for this beautiful video. Best of luck to you and your beautiful family, both personally and professionally.

You clearly will have no regrets with this adventure.

Good luck to you and your family. You are the future of bonsai.

Good luck in your new life challenge. You do great job.Greeting from Czech republic

Good luck in this new adventure!

I’m along for the ride best of luck😮

I understand being a tourist and going to Times Square or Disneyland, etc with crowds of people, but when a zen garden is full of noisy people, what’s the point? Anyway, cheers to you and your family Bjorn. Kyoto is a magical place.

Where there's a will, there's a way. Good luck on your new journey.

Congratulations on the new home🎉

Good Luck Bjorn.

Particularmente te mando muchos ánimos y estoy seguro de que conseguirás tu objetivo mucho,te llevo siguiendo mucho tiempo y eres mi ejemplo gracias sigue así desde España un saludo

Lucky for them. Most of the other countries have lost their values and the pace of life is too fast. Good on you kyoto

Cheers to a new start! Can’t wait to see the work

Nice

Thank you again for bringing us on your journey!!!

Congrats on your move, and good luck with the future home build! I hope to return to Japan someday. I lived in Misawa, Aomori when I was really little. I've visited Tokyo and a few other places when I was still living in Japan, but there's still so much of the country I'd love to see. 🥰🥰

Thanks Bjorn, wish you all the best on your new journey!

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Congratulations on the move! Can't wait to see the next chapter unfold. All the best 🤙🏽

Once again Bjorn, you made another outstanding video. I always enjoy your fresh yet humble view on bonsai and Japanese culture. I’m 100% sure I’m not alone when I say this but we are so lucky and thankful of all of the great bonsai content you provide, not to mention all of the additional services Eisei-en provides such as Japan tours, Bonsai U courses, tree care etc… Actually, I’m saving up to take a course on the Bonsai-U platform, can’t wait!

Bjorn is like a role model for me! Hopefully my channel and my works gonna have the same level one day! Absolutely brilliant!

I was just in Kyoto tried to find the landplot.. 😂 but i was so confused looking at the previous videos haha. I went trail running up on mt hiei instead 😂❤❤ Kyoto is one of the most beautyful cities ive been in.

I would not like tourists walking around outside my house, i get it!

6:46 profound. Growth is uncomfortable; be it physical, mental, or emotional, growth can be painful.

Nice video! I’m gonna be in Osaka in a few days. Any recommendations for Bonsai places to visit?

I hope the Japanese continue with there traditions and way of life because here in England we are suffering the consequenses of losing our identity to groups of people who don't really belong here.

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Both relieved and grateful “The End” preceded this challenging “rebirth” in Kyoto. As in all art and nature itself, we do become our best facing impossible challenges. Our dreams make the impossible our reality. All the best to you and your family, Bjorn.

Do you have a bonsai studio right now, or are you sharing space with someone else until you can build your garden and school?

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Your videos are just as awesome as your trees. Ready for your new adventure! I'm sure you miss Waffle House 😃

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I am visiting japan in a few weeks, is any form of your nursery/garden open?

It DID peak in the 1980's to 1990's. Their economy is now close to free-fall, stuck in one of the worst debt spirals in the world. And now they are resigned to allow records levels of immigration in an attempt to stop their population collapse, which will dilute their culture and heritage. This is one of the biggest losses to the world of our generation. Japan is one of the most beautiful countries and cultures that have ever existed, and it will be a shadow of its former self in less than 20 years.

Where's Momo?

Tourists turning into Paparazzi. Disgraceful behavior.

I hate mass tourism.